William 'Bill' John Bushby (born 26 September 1935) is a former English

English people

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 cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

er. Bushby was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace

Seam bowling

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. He was born in Southwick

Southwick, West Sussex

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, Sussex

Sussex

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Bushby made his debut for Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire County Cricket Club

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 against Shropshire

Shropshire County Cricket Club

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 in the 1961 Minor Counties Championship. He played Minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire from 1961 to 1975, making 80 Minor Counties Championship appearances. He made his List A debut against Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

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 in the 1967 Gillette Cup

1967 Gillette Cup

The 1967 Gillette Cup was the fifth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 23 April and 2 September 1967...

. He made 5 further List A appearances, the last of which came against Lancashire

Lancashire County Cricket Club

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 in the 1973 Gillette Cup

1973 Gillette Cup

The 1973 Gillette Cup was the eleventh Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 30 June and 1 September 1973...

. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 110 runs at an average

Batting average

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 of 27.50, with a high score of 80 not out

Not out

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. This score came against Essex

Essex County Cricket Club

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 in the 1971 Gillette Cup

1971 Gillette Cup

The 1971 Gillette Cup was the ninth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 15 May and 4 September 1971...

. With the ball, he took 4 wickets at a bowling average

Bowling average

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 of 56.00, with best figures of 2/10.

External links

• Bill Bushby at ESPNcricinfo
• Bill Bushby at CricketArchive
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